Lesson plan. Food and cooking

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EATING IN AND OUT

At the end of this lesson:

• You will know the new words related to Food and cooking
• You will be able to talk about your diet
• You will be able to make a conversation in a cafe/restaurant
• You will be able to discuss statements related to food, cooking and restaurants

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ANSWERS

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SPEAKING

Ask and answer the questions with a partner.

What do you have in common?

Is there any food or drink that you
couldn't live without? How often do you
eat/ drink it?

Do you ever have
a) ready-made food?
b) takeaway food? What kind?

What's your favourite
a) fruit?
b) vegetable?

When you eat out do you normally order
meat, fish, or vegetarian?

What food do you usually eat
a) when you're feeling a bit down?
b)before you have an exam or some
important work to do?

USEFUL VOCABULARY

Watch the video and write down all new words.

LISTENING

Read the text about Marianna. Then look at the five photos and extracts from the interview with her. With a partner, say you think she finishes each sentence.

Now listen to Part 1 of an interview with Marianna and check your answers

Now listen to Part 2 of an interview and answer the following questions

QUESTIONS: 

1. What three things did Marianna do befor becoming a chef?

2.  What was her first connection with the restaurant Moro?Why did she go back to it later?

3. What happened seven years later?

4. How is her restaurant, Morito, different from Moro?

5. How often does she go back to Crete? What happens when she has lunch with her old friends  

there?

PRACTICAL ENGLISH. 

At the restaurant

Watch again and complete the missing gaps

In pairs, roleplay the dialogue .

A. You are in the restaurant.

 

B. You are the waiter or waitress. You begin with

"Are you ready to order?"

DO YOU AGREE?
Good service is more important than good food.

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DO YOU AGREE?
Everybody shoul learn to cook at school.

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DO YOU AGREE?
The best chefs are usually men.

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Write down three things you 

have learned this lesson

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Ask a question about something you 

haven't understood very well yet

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